A documentary special of the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Presented by Utah Sports Commission will premiere worldwide on Thursday, January 27, at 20:00 ET on Outside. This broadcast is part of IRONMAN’s recently announced partnership with Outside, the active lifestyle content company.
Airing of the documentary marks the first piece of content for a five-year partnership that includes 12 IRONMAN 70.3 events to be broadcast live on Outside in 2022.
The broadcast special will chronicle the stories of both professional and select age-group athletes competing in the triathlon that took place on September 18, 2021 in St George, Utah. The premiere will be available to viewers around the world on Outside across web, mobile, and connected TV distribution channels, including outsidetv.com and via the Outside App.
Since 2006, the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon has showcased some of top endurance athletes in the world. The broadcast special spans from the pre-race build-up to the final hours of the finish for more than 3,500 athletes. Representing more than 85 countries, regions and territories, athletes took on a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run across the rugged St George terrain.
Among the features of this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship special:
- From the firing of the start cannon to the finish line tape, Lucy Charles-Barclay dominates the women’s professional field to win, taking down five-time and defending world champion Daniela Ryf.
- Following his quick rise and 2019 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship win in Nice, France, Norwegian professional Gustav Iden crossed the finish line in an unrivalled race that cemented him as a force to be reckoned with.
- Australian Paralympic triathlon silver-medalist Lauren Parker competed in St George with big ambitions after suffering a bike crash that paralyzed her at the peak of her career, showing that no obstacle is too big to overcome including race week medical challenges.
- Northern Utah native and elite cyclist Kyle Brown was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ALS in early 2021 and given only 6-8 months to live by doctors. Instead of letting his diagnosis suppress his passion, Brown competes against all odds and completes the race of a lifetime, saying, “When faced with tragedy we can either come alive or come undone. I choose to come alive.”
- Sam Holness of London, England, is a 28-year-old autistic athlete on a mission to prove that a perceived disability cannot limit him. St George became Sam’s stage to show the world how autism is his ‘super power’.
The broadcast special of the 2021 Intermountain Healthcare IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Presented by Utah Sports Commission was filmed and produced by The IRONMAN Group Productions team and is the first piece of content to air on Outside in what will also include live event coverage over the next five years.
In total, the documentary special took four months of production time, utilizing 50 hours of footage and content from 13 cameras to capture race day and tell the story of the event and the athletes competing.
After the premiere of the documentary, the content for 2022 continues with live broadcast coverage of 12 IRONMAN 70.3 Series events, starting with the IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside on April 2 and will also include the 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in October.
Live viewing will be available for free across Outside’s multiple distribution platforms globally on the web, mobile, and connected TV apps. On-demand viewing is also available by subscribing to Outside+.
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